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dc.contributor.authorLamont, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorKennelly, Millicent
dc.contributor.authorMoyle, Brent
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-23T01:59:19Z
dc.date.available2020-12-23T01:59:19Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.issn0149-0400
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01490400.2017.1384943
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/400523
dc.description.abstractAmateur endurance sports have been widely couched as serious leisure. However, to date there has been a lack of research exploring impacts of serious leisure on athletes' spouses. Adopting a grounded theory approach, in-depth interviews were conducted with 15 spouses of endurance athletes in Australia who regularly competed in distance running, triathlon, and/or adventure racing events. Spouses adopted a support role for their athlete spanning day-to-day life and event contexts. They endured their athlete's frequent absenteeism, which evoked a range of interrelated stressors. Stressors, however, were counteracted by an array of perceived benefits such as enriched family lives. We theorize endurance sport serious leisure careers as paradoxical cycles in which athletes and their spouses tolerate significant stressors offset by powerful benefits sustaining such careers in the longer term.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom477
dc.relation.ispartofpageto498
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLeisure Science
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCommercial services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSport and leisure management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3504
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350405
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3508
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsHospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
dc.subject.keywordsSociology
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences - Other Topics
dc.subject.keywordsendurance sports
dc.titlePerspectives of Endurance Athletes' Spouses: A Paradox of Serious Leisure
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLamont, M; Kennelly, M; Moyle, B, Perspectives of Endurance Athletes' Spouses: A Paradox of Serious Leisure, Leisure Science, 2017, 4(6), pp. 477-498
dc.date.updated2020-12-23T01:57:25Z
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gro.griffith.authorKennelly, Millicent P.
gro.griffith.authorMoyle, Brent D.


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